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TRI-W EEK LY EDITION. .WINNSBOIto, S. C,. SEPTEMBER 16, 1883.ETBLSED14
THE SUNSBINE OF THE HEART.
You ask the boon of wealth and power,
To crown your envied name,
The earth should fling her choicest dower
Around your path to fame;
You ask to conquer in the strife
Take then your chosen part;
I'd rather fold within my life
The sunshine of the heart.
ti I'd rather know how thus to win
A balm from every pain,
Thus, even from the shade of sin,
Some purer strength to gain;
To live in hope, to trust in right, -
To smile when shadows start,
To walk through darkness as tl}rough light,
With sunshine in the heart.
,, You only claim from outward things
Their meed of joy to win,
Forgetting that life's deepest springs
Must always rise within;
Forgetting that from Time's dim shoro
Earth's treasures all depart,
While I may keep for evermore
The sunshine of the heart.
This is the mngic I would hold,
My-spell to win ie love;
My want to change all dross to gold,
My guide to peace above;
My strength against the l2last to bow,
My shield 'gainst every dart
That I may keep, as I do now,
The sunshine of the heart.
And you-if when you grasp at last
The prize your deeds would claim,
You long for a discarded past,
And spurn your empty fante
If yyou should sigh, with grief oppressed,
To see your dreams depart,
Conue, share my love, my l>eace, my rest
My sunshine of the heart!
TOWN VM COUNTRY.
Papa, may I ask Allie Long to spend
the winter with me?"
Mr. Lloyd looked up from his paper
with an indulgent smile at his little
dark-eyed daughter. "Yes, Dolly, you
can do as you like about it."
"Thanks, papa. Now, if you'll do
one thing more, I shall feel perfectly
happy."
"That's a very good thing to be, I'm
sure. What is the important service I
am to rendet?"
"Give me some money to get some
pretty things for Allie. You know she
is not rich as I am, and then, too, she
has no idea how any one ought to dress
in town."
As Dolly spoke a vision rose before
the wealthy banker's eyes.
A slight pale girl, with dark-gray,
earnest eyes, was moving quietly about
the farmhouse in the mountains, helping
her mother in caring for the comfort of
the city boarders she had taken for the
summer into her home. As faultlessly
neat in her attire as the stately lily of
fashionable life that "toils not," and as
striking in her pure, . pale loveliness as
the tiekd flower from which the Savior's
;.. parable was drawn. Those tender fin
gers had been familiar with every detail
of housework, from its lowliest phase
of scrubbing and dish-wa,3hing up to
the flaky pie-paste, or delicious "queen
of puddings," or the many tempting
combinations of "goodies" requisite to
form the dessert which was to follow
the delicious dinner of chickens (either
roasted,. boiled, or iricasseed), and
ilanked by home-raised vegetables.
" "It is a kindly nature in my little girl
that prompts her to make this request,"
he said, after a moment's thought. I
fear Miss Allis would look and feel out
of place in such line feathers as Dolly
wears "
1 don't mean to test her that way,
papa," burst in Dolly eagerly. You
may not believe it, but I have too great
a sense of litness to buy anything very
gay in color. Will you do it?"
"Another thing to take into consider
aitron is this-wri Miss Allie accep)t
suich favors? It would lbe a shame if
'the wouldn't when she nursed me
through that long illness last summeriir.
I really belhevesihe saved nmy life, papa."
You are a very good speccial pleader,
Dolly. Your dear mother was just so.
4 She could alwvays persuade mec into her
way of thinking, anid it; always p)rovedl
the right one, too.''
Tear's tilled the girl's dark eyes at this
allusion to the dear one who lad been
sleeping under the daisies for so many
years. I hope to grow more and more
rike her," she said softly; "for then
you will love ine more and more."
T'he father turned and busied himself
with the papt-r's on his wvriting-dosk. A
..st,rong man ever struggles against a dis
play of emotion, and Mr. Llcod could
'A not, trust his voice to reply. The love
ofthis early manhiood still dIwelt within
hsfaithiril heart, anid shut out all
thoughts of rep'lacin)g it by any later af
- lection, exceptinig that drawn out by
their child. Afler a time lie drew forth
hi~, ls cheque-book and wrote some figures
signed by Ihis well-known name. was
equivalent to so muich gold.
~ Will that answer, daughter?" lhe
said, holding it toward, her.
Dolly glanced at it arid threw her
arms about her fathers neck. Oh, you
dear, geinerouis p)apa, I can do woinders
with t,nat amount, and Il tell you how
1'mngoinigto manage. It will be the week
* before tire new year before shre can
gage, arid I must give her time to make
won't invit.e her until thein. I shall eni
{* gage mdaine to miake her dr'esses that
* week, anrd PIl obtain her measwure sr
-reptitiusly. Then New Year's Day
slie can't, say a word agains~t not re
:,~~' ceiving her- share of presents-for you
-know 1 have them I qjuanit,ies-and
it sihe does make ainy demur, I shrail
S pull such a woe-begonre face that she'll
yid at once. Sae never could resist
may coaxing. s ow, good-bye PIl leave
you to read your paper ini peace, and
'Il ruil ari writ.e iny letter." Ti'i
eter' was written -arid received, ai
hecountry honic was at oince mrade L,rt
scene of ain unusual bustle of pre ara
x.ionr; for Allie's mother insisted , upomi
lier' accepf,mg Doily's ivitatlin.
I will not give in detail Doily's argu
ments, but, will merely say sire carried
the day according to ncr dieclared usual
iasionr arnd that it thus caine about
that tire gentlemen who cailed at thE
Lloyds' stately miansion on the New
I'ear's Day followilig the week of Al
hie's stay, were gr'eewed with thre sight
of a vision of peerless loveliness. 11
was the young miountain-giri's pure,
statuesque face rising out; of a nam 01
lace through which gleamed palely the
shimmering silk, in color like to the
palest blue clouds which floated in the
June sky. Her charms were enchanted
by her absolute freedom from the self
consciousness which too often mars
one's admiration for a beautiful face ;
and the innocent enjoyment evinced by
her shining eyes and heightened color
delighted her enthusiastic little hostess.
"I never so much enjoyed receiving
as I have done to-day," Dolly said to
her papa, when going to him for her
good-ight.. Allie is so fresh. so much
like a sweet mountain daisy, that I
love to watch her; and every one seems
immensely taken with her. Oh, papa,
I expect such fun in going to parties
with her. May I give a dance, so as to
get her.well introduced?"
"Have anything you wish, Dolly. I
know you will do nothing wrong."
"How could I, when I have such a
good dear papal
"There never was such a happy girl
before. I wonder if it will always last?"
"ButImusn'tstop any longer. I must
go to Allie. Good night, and sweet
dreams.'
"Good night, my darling. May God
guard your slumbers."
Dolly's favorite cousin, Russell Stur
gis, had but lately returned from
abroad, where he had been pursuing his
studies at a famous German university.
Much to Dolly's delight she saw that he
was very much attracted by Alihe, and
that in her presence he lost completely
the listless, indifferent way which had
been one of the "foreign accomplish
ments brought from abroad," as Dolly
had teasingly informed him. It had
been the earnest desire of Russell's
parents that he, their only son, should
choose a wife from among the circle of
fair and high-bred girls amid whicn he
moved. But his heart had remnained
untouched until he had met this little
"mountain pearl," as he called her in
his secret- thoughts. Atlie rejoiced in
her new happiness as a flower just
opened to the sunlight rejoices in drink
ing in the life-giving rays, and in the
same quiet fashion.
"Every one is so kind to me," she
said to Dolly.
. And that young enthusiast threw her
aris about her neck and kissed her as
she said
"11ow could any one help it?"
Then with a sudden gravity she held
her friend away from her, and looked
into her eyes searchingly. She was
about to ask her some momentous
question, judging by her manner. But
the advent of a servant with a card
checked the words trembling upon her
lips. She lifted the bit of pasteboard
from the salver, and glanced at it.
"It is cousin Russell, Allie. W ill
you go down and entertain him? I have
a letter to write, and you will please
make my excuses to him."
All unsuspectingly Allie obeyed.
Russell rose as she entered the room.
lie listened in an abstracted way to
her apologies for Dolly's absence, and
thcn he said, much to Allie's surprise
'"1 am glad Dolly couldn't come."
But before she had time to wonder
long he had taken her hand and was
giving voice to his passion in a flood of
eloquent words. White as a lily, and
trembling in every limb, Allie listened.
She was attired in one of the pretty
dresses Dolly had given her, and until
now had taken an innocent pleasure in
wearing it, if for no other reason than
to please her generous friend. But like
a flash caine tihe thought
"If this elegant gentleman had only
seen me in my own home, dressed in
the garb which alone belongs to a poor
farmer's daughter, lhe wvould not have
given me a secoiid thought."
So she said quietly, her calm manneor
concealing tihe emotion caused by the
pa Iinfully throbbing heart which seemed
to be beating her death-knell
"Forgive nme for deceiving you, Mr.
Sturgis. I t,ianik you for the hoiior
you have done me, but I cannot be
your wmfe. I amn not wvhat, you think
. ani."
Russell's face expressed a variety of
emotions as Atlie said this--incred uilty,
disappointmient, but above all a deter
mination to win tihe girl he loved-ali
were to be read upon its expressive
lieaments..
"I will tell you what my thoughts
picture you to be. i'ou are as inno
cent of guile as a baby-i true fricant,
modest, intelligent, and--may I say it,
even if it calls blushes to those fair
cheeks, wvnich have grown so wnico
since our interview commenced?-you
are miy idieal of all that a man could
desire in thme womnan lie chooses for his
life's comipamuon. Hlave I described
you wrongiully? T'ell me if I have said
aught that wvas false and untrue."
Allie blushed.
"It is a fancy picture you have drawn,
Mr. Sturgis. I do not feel that 1 ant
at all equal to your description. 'I lam
a plain country-bred girl, "ud have al
wvays tried to do umy duty. But I am
not ->ne of your brilliant companyl I
have come froih liy .country homle to
lead.a charimed life for a few months.
When I. go back I shalh agalin be as
plainly drlessed andi as hutnble li inmy
surroundings as J. have been all miyjp e
vioums lie. Choose tromi amobing twe
who are worthy of' you?"
"Tell me one thling before you say
any more," amid R~ussejll' eyes absolute,
ly comnpelledl Alio to speak the truth
lie wished t.o hear. is your reason [or
refusing to marry Ine because you can
not love mo?"
i?or the first time Allie faltered.
She could not, say anything but. that
she thougt him thte noblest, hiandsom
est gentleman she hmad ever seen, and
that lie was also the mtost worthy of a
girl's devoted love. Shme tried to frame
anm evasive ainswer, but her lips refused
to obey her. She burst into tears.
.Do not ask me, she sobbed, it is ntot
fair."
"All is fair in love," said Russell tri
umphiantly. And my heart tells me
that you love me even as I love you I
Allie, if you will not be my wife, I will
go simgle for your sake all my life! And
ll go and jomn soine exploring expedi
tion to some place where ll catch the
feveri see, now, what depends upon
you!"
All looked up at the sound of his
Vouce. half bantering, kalf tender.
She saw that he had read her heart's
secret and came to a sudden resolution.
"Dr. Sturgis," she said, "if you will
not press me for an answer while I am
visiting Dolly, and will come and ask
me the same question at my own home,
I will answer it then. But until that
time we. will be good friends-not lov
ers." '
"Agreed," said Russell, "and if I
forget myself once in a while, will you
be very unforgiving? It will be a great
trial for a poor fellow to be kept at such
a distance, you know."
Allie smiled, but she said-"I shall
not fear but you will keep your pro
mise, so I shall npt be called upon to be
a harsh judge."
"That is right, my <arling! Trust
me. "I will not disappoint that trust!"
and Russell spoke in all seriousness this
time.
Need I say that the following June
saw a modest bridal at Allie's home?
I know my readers have been sure
from the first that Russell's "country
pearl" had gained nothing in his eyes
from her line surrounuings, and that lie
admired her even more at her own home
than he had done at Dolly's-that is, if
such a thing wdre possible--so they
would not be surprised to hear it.
Jan Mayen.
The Austrian Polar -Expedition has
arrived at Drontheim, Norway. The
expedition spent a year on the island of
Mayen. Commander Wohlgemuth tele
graphs that all hands are well, and that
he made- perfect observations and ee
cured rich collections of photographs.
The island of Jan Mayen, on which
the expedition spent a year, was dis
covered in 1611 by Dutch whale fishers,
who christened it after one of their
sturdy skippers. Another name for it
was Mauritius Island, while the English
know it as Trinity Island. It lies be
tween 90 4' and 70 52' west longi
tude from Greenwich, its latitude
being between 70? 49' and 710 5'
nortu. Bleak and rugged and som
bre, with its lofty rocks and snowy
mantle, its lonely strand and dark
icy waters, is Jan Mayen, and a
grim volcanic mountain, named Beer
enburg, 6,375 feet high, rises in the
centre, while near the southern cape
are three volcanoes. Indeed, the whole
island is of plutonic origin. The place
is of ill fame, for on its barren shores
tnere died in slow succession a crew of
seven Dutch explorers. This was in
1033, when lime juice was not appreclat.
ed and scurvy not understood. The
stiffened corpses of the litt e band were
found next year as also the diary kept
by the longest-lived of them-the last
pages faintly scri}wled by the weak hand
of sickness. The very last word was
"die." Since that time the island has
been seldom trodden by human foot,
save now and again when the frigid
blasts of Arctic storms have hard press
ed the struggling mariner..
The Austrian expedition which has
just returned sailed from Pela on April
2, 1882, ina steamer bearing the same
name as the port from which it started.
The party. consisted of Lieutenant
Emil von Wohlgemuhi, as chief two
other officers, a surgeon, and ten sailors,
all of the Imperial navy. The whole
cost of the expedition, amounting to
150,000 florins, has been defrayed by
Count Wilczek, the munificent patron
of all undertakigs which have for their
object the solution of Arctic problems.
The expedition was furnished with two
years' supplies, including every con
ceivable necessary, and luxuries to boot.
Their complete stock of scientifc in
struments was supplemented by all sorts
of gamies music, pictures, etc., to en
liven the long hours of darkness. The
chase was expected to afford ample
amusement and a heavy bag.
After touching ;st Gravesend and
Bergen the P'ola p)roceeded on May 25
for the island of Jan Mayen to establish
the scientific station. On the 31st,
when 100 mIles off the island, immense
fields of ice stopped the Pola, and after
two days' ineffectual attempts to pro
ceed the expedition turned back, arriv
ing .at Trromsoe, Norway, on June 0.
After waiting a fortnight the Pola sail
od agaIn on the 21st, anld this time suc
ceeded in reaching Jan Mayen from
the north side. But not till two weeks
later was it possible to pass through the
shore of Ice and anchor in Mary Muss
Bay. Oni July 14, 15, and 16 the houses
and supplies were landed, by working
day andl night, and next day fifty tons
of coal were taken ashore. The build.
ings were then erected on the southern
slope of the Vogelberg, in a valley open.
ing to the east, which was named Wil
czek Valley, after the Hungarian Count
who defrayed the cost. The exact
position is 700 50' north latitude and
80 263' wvest longitude, and the observa
tory has been placed exactly over thec
71st dlegree of latitude. On August 15
the station was fully established, and
observations, which had been p)artly be
gun on July '97, were nLow executed to
their full extent.
A party from the ship und(ertook the
ascent of the volcano of Bleerenberg,
the highest point on the island, already
referred to. After traveling for nine
hours with great dithiculty across gla
ciers and fields of bowlders they arrived
at the edge or the crater, 5,000 feet
above the sea, and were then forced to
turn back on account of the coldl and
fogs. Although tihere were no signs of
action in the crater a subterraneani
rumbling was distinctly audible, and oni
the slopes a number of crevices were
seen emitting hot sulphur steam. Tihe
explorers also found the huts in which
the Dutch expedition of 1633 perished.
The Pola sailed on August 10 and arriv
ed at Leith on the 24th. She returned]
recently to brmng back the expedition:
which had in the meantime been enugag
ed in mnakinig a complete survey of the
island, besides attending to the meteor
ological observations which were the
mosr important of the objects it had in
view.
BIHJr FErGLsH: Indignant UAbbJ
(who has got his bare fare)-"'Ow amr
J. to keep a.wife and and iamnily on pay
hike this 't Bland Fare-"My good
man, the subjeot of improvktent mar
riages is one whi oh has puzzled not yoti
nor me only--" [Exit Uabby, using
biamings.1
Miss iRosets Cate.
Down in a -deep green valley tha
fringed with elms and gnarled ap
trees and is fragrant with its wealth
wild flowers peeping torth from unde
grove of old poplars at the foot o
steep rocky hill, over which the hip
way above North Branford, Connec
cut, writhes like an pneasy serpent,
the home of Damask Rose. It was t
home of her father an'd of her fathe
father, and it has weathered the scor(
ing blasts and icy winds of one hund
and forty tough New England yet
Damask does not live in it now, but
a little trim white cot which loc
askance at the passa'. from ,ebinr
wing of the Rose resal de IIcr ft
er's family was once 'the -Jargoat a
most social in the roundabout count
and the Rose mansion was then mi
resorted to by the young bells and boa
And now all are gone. All are di
save Damask. Damask and her c
alone remain, A New Haven geni
man told the reporter that ,his lon
old woman with the blush-rose na
had one hundred and twenty-sev
cats.
. A romantic-looking old lady is ]
mask. Fully as romantic as her nan
Short tind wrinkled and not far from
years, a pair of bright eyes glean
tlirough her gold brows, from under
dirty brown felt rim of the man's 1
upon her head. In one hand she carr
a bright case knife, while with
other she raised her calico skirt as:
moved through the nodding clover w
which the old front yard was filled.
pair of diamonds glittered in her e
and a thick, grayish growth of sill
hair partially obscured her upper
and chin. There was a black cat, w
bronze sides, at her heels, a Maltese c
with a white breast, lay dreaming o
flat stone in front of her, a gray t
spotted leopard-like cat looked
from its nest of straw inl the entry
the old house; there was a luindso
young prince of'felines, in a luxuri
robe of tawny gold, suspiouously rega
ing the visitor from behind the leopa
and around the corner of the lhe
was approaching a large and ugly-loc
ing tiger cat whose appearance left
room for doubt as to his capabilities
a fighter. These were all the cats si
at the first look.
When the reporter began to t
about the cats Miss Rose eyed 1I
suspiciously, but upon other subje
her conversation was cheery and ent
taining. Very soon the advance gut
of cats vanished into the green vi
about the little valley and the pla
had been taken by other cats-ugly c
and wild-looking cats, _Bonme fat, so
lean and some of nondescript appe
ance, but none of then ery pretty.
was a queer sight.
How Sandy Killed the Devil.
By "fools'" we udo not mean the ge
ral class of persons indicated by
word, but that smaller class of t
community commonly called "par
fools" or "naturals." Those unfor
nates, without being habitually
necessarily insane, usually labor und
some hallucinatlon, which overshado
their lives, and causes them, wit
tinder its influence, to indulge in at
freaks and fancies as arc peculiar
the lunatic; though, when freed fr<
the cloud obscuring their mental visit
they act very much like their neip
bors.
Such was Sandy Macintosh, w
flourished in the beginning of the ci
tury. A native of one of the north(
parishes' of Caithness, lhe was as w
known for tweinty miles round -as I
Kirk steep)le. The swiftest runner a
the most trustworthy miessenger in
place, Sandy was kept in constanit ei
ployment, and numbered among1
p)atrons both the laird anid the mis
ter. The peculhiar delusion umn
which lie labored was a conv.iction tI
lie had been born for the express y
pose of slaying his Satanic majes
and many were the wild-goose cha
embarked in by Sandiy to annihilate I
arch enemy; for lie recognized hinm
lie averred-under all shapes a
forms, such as a crow, a hare, em
black cat; and when started in purs
of the foe, would follow up the ti
for hours, nay, sonietimes for (lit
In vain the minister-whomi Saii
accounited his partIcular friend--str<
to convince him that the enemy
imankiid was a spirit, andl as such
visible. No argument, however tellh
had any elfect on Sandy. lHe listen
resp)ectfuilly, it is true, as lie aIwi
did, to everythiing, however trivi
utteredl by his friend; but w~hen i
reverend gentleman paused for lack
breath, the fool invariably remark
with a sagacious nod'1: "WVeel, mninist
ye ken bost; though there's ate thing
have overlooked. Ye canna de
what's written in the guid book, -'1
dlevil goes about like a roaring 1I
seeking whom ho may (devour.' A
wvhen I see ye fecihii' him Sabbi
after Sabbath, bangini' the pulpit, a
shakinig your fist at him, says I
mnysel; 'Sandy, man, it's odds but som
day ye'll catch time dei napping, a
thon the minister will thank you
that (lay's work.' " So Sandy romahjl
uniconvincedh, and continued his iu
lng exp)loits with such zeal that I
black cats of his nmeighuborhmood had ne
ol' all their "nine lives" to elude
persisti.ent pu1rsu It.
Now the minister was in the habit
killIng a "mart," or fat ox, at Ilallc
mans, f or the consumption of his famn
during the Winter. The beef v~
salted, and the hide sold at the near
town. That important fuactionmal
wvho hai Scotland is termed the "mliu
ter's man" waa. usually intrusted w.
with the disposal of the skin, and
this particular occasion had 'depart
with his burden somewhat late in t
evenig, liut the night was fine, ai
lie trudged along the road for so:
miles with no thought save the spee
fultIlnent of his erraiid. Presently
heard approaching the sound of fo
steps, and a voice, which lie recognh
as that of Sandy Macintosh, singi
"We'll gang mnae mair a-roving so I
inito the night." The opj inity
playig a trick Was ifrreAItle; s
resolving to give Sanidy at.igt
minister's man wrap the Iab<
him. taking care thM the mOrn s
stand up on his head. Thus equipped,
is lie crouched along the dike-side till the
pie fool made his appearance round the
of bend of the road., then uttering an un
r a earthly yell sprang from his hiding
f a place right In his path. But he reck
h. oned without his host, when he thought
ti- to terrify Sandy. That individual only
is recognized in the apparition before him
he but anoth." form assumed by the
r's enemy, and with a shout of defiance,
rushed on the foe, and struck him a
.d resounding blow with his staff. Whackl
rs. whack! the blows rained hard and fast
in on the shoulders of the unlucky joker,
>ks who, unable to bear the pain any lon
ger, and too terrified to discover him
th. self to the enraged fool, managed to
an wriggle unperceived out of his hirsute
ry, covering and scramble over the dike,
[ic where lie lay hidden. scarcely daring to
1 breathe.
ad Sandy was very much astonished
t when he observed. the total collapse of
,le- the foe. He probably anticipated a
1y severe struggle, and was surprised at
1 his easy victory. Be that as it may,
enl without stopping to pronounce an ora
tion on the fallen, the fool slung the
)a- hide over his shoulder and started at a
le. trot to the manse. Ariiving there lhe
70 knocked loudly at the door, and on the
1ed appearance of the servant, demanded
,le to see the minister. That was quite
tat out of the question, hie was informed';
ied the reverend gentleman had retired for
he the night, and could not be disturbed.
the But Sandy was not to be ball,,d. With
itlh an impatient "Iiaud (ot o' my way.
A lass," lie pushed past the girl, made
.s his way to the minister's bedroom,
n knocked at the door, and without wait
lip nug for -an invitation to enter, marched
itlh m. The minister had been reading in
at bed1; but on the abrupt entrance of his
h visitor threw aside his book, exclaim
id ing: "Wihy, Sandy, mian, what brings
t you here at this time of night?''
"Great news, minister-great news!"
0 cried Sandy.
lus "What news?" asked the pastor,
xd catching something of his visitor's ox
rdc . "Have the French landed?"
d "French, indeedl" quoted the fool
bcontemptuously. "I ken nhaething
10 abont thae frog-eaters."
as "Well, what is your great news?"
as reiterated the minister impatiently.
"It's just this-I've killed the deil,
lk and there's his hide," and flinging the
im, skin on the bedi our friend stalked
with injured dignity from the room.
tser- Sandy remained unconvinced to the
trd end of his life that lie had not in very
n truth slain the arch enemy, and de
es clared in confidence to the laird, that
the minister was not as grateful as he
ats might have been for the good turn he
me had done him. After the supposed
r- decease of the enemy, Saudy bec: '
more settled in his habits, but con
tinued to plume himself not a little on
his gallantry, wnplacently adding that
"it wasn't everybody had taken the
deil by the horns, as Sandy Macintosh
had done.
ali
u- Those in the Northern States who
or take down their stoves early In May
er usually pay a penalty in several days
ws of discomfort, if not in actual illness.
en A year rarely passes without bringing
cl a cold storm in the first half of Juno,
to when a lire is actually necessary for
>m health. Foitulate are those who have
>l, open lire-places in their houses, in which
h- during any damp, chilly spell a small
lire of wood can be made, and will b
Io most acceptable. Stoves which are to
M- he taken down may safely be left to the
rll middle of that month. When
ell taken down, they should he thoroughly
lie cleaned, both inside and out, anid if a
nid iiew lining or other repairs are needed,
lie no0w is (lie time to attend to this. Go
ni- over thie outside of both stove and pipe
!is with comnion stoye-polish, wiihih la
is- lumbago or black head, and( avoid all
ier kinds of varnish. TIhe use of (lie po0l1sh,
at thoroughly rubbed with a brush, is not
ir- for appearaiice merely, but it formis a
by, tlini film over the iron, and prevents It
ses from becoming rusty. Thie pipe shoul
lie have all loose (lust knocked out, and If
-so it is necessar'y to .separate (lie joints,
ind llrst mark themi wvith chalk In such a
a inannmer that they can be readly p)ut to
ilL gethier again. Much of thie proverbial
all annlhoyance( ini puttiing iup a stove is due
1s. to a neglect of this simpjle priecauition,.
dly All loose parits, i ncludinig legs, should
'Ve be wrapped in coarse paper', and placed
of iniside (lie stove wvhen it is put,away, not
m- forgetting (lie poker, handles, and what
ig, ever else belongs wit,h It. Stoves should
sd alwvays be stor'ed in a dry, tight lace,
,ys where water cannot, accidentally reach
aln, them. 1t is a useful pi'ecauitioni to wrap
lie them In old bagging, or even news,
of p)apers.
,Tko liubbards.
Z?ya Tile other day, wheii old Maj. Sol
lie man announced isa readiness to proeced
nIn the directioni of church, lisa wife ap
nid p)eared, wearing a Mother Hubbard
th dres~s. The old1 man int mtly regardedi
sil her for a fe w moments andl tiien ask
t~o 0(1
a10 "Many, what sort of a coat do you
rid call that?"
oi' ".it's a Mot,her Hubbard, Jeemns."
0(d "Air you gom' to wear it to church?"
a- "Why certiv, Jeoems. The Mother
ho Hlubbar d is all the fashion now."
ed "Well, I'm glad ti kn.aw it," the old
du. man ro) lied, "Just wait till i get ready,
and we'll g>."
of 'Ihe old man wenit out 1m.t the kitob
w- en. took a couple of meali sacks, out tne
ily oottomsa out sowed the topa together,
as aind put them on iu imitation oh panta
st, loonis. When lie returned his wife ut.
y, tored a loud cry of a.,tonishment, and(
Is- exeimiied:
,h "Groat go6odness, Jeems, what ism
eoi that?"
ed "Father Hubbbard," the old man ro
lie led.
nId 'You'ro not a-goin' to wear them
nie sacks, are you?"
dy "I've g >t to be fashionable to keep
lie up wti you, I've got as much right to
et- weer these meal bags as you have to go
ed in that branf sack."
ute ',AIl ragmt; off goes the father Hub
I'or bard," and taraing away, me addad to
aid himself' "Only one way to beat a 1e0
~he man, aa.d t mat is by~agreein' with her,
>ut If it hadn't been ur .the daddy Hub
lId bard I'd a boon in a mighty bad fix,"
Quickly Admitted,
A few years since, at one of our col
leges, the students had contracted such
a habit of being out late at night, that
a law was put on requiring every sth
dent to be in at, or before, ten o'clock
in the evening, unless he should have
permission for a later absence from one
of the masters; and the penalty, in case
of infraction, was the remaining out all
night and being dealt with in the
morning. The porters who had charge
)f the outer doors through the night
were instructed to allow no student to
come in after the designated hour, un
der any pretence whatever, except the
name had been given to them as that
of one having permission to be 'absent
to a later hour.
Well, on a certain evening, Jack
Windham, a merry-making, fun-loving,
but really good and honest follow,
chanced to be half an hour late, He
had been in very pleasint company
the company of ladies- and the glitter
ing tuoments had passed unheeded. At
half-past ten he knocked very gently at
the outer door of the college dormitory.
The old janitor of the institution hap
pened to be on duty at the tine-a
work he seldon performed; but lie had
let the porters go away to an entertain
ment on this evening, andi was sitting
up in their place.
"Who's that?"
"It's I-Jack Windhami.
"Is that you, Peabody?"
"Yes."
"Let me in, that's a good fellow.,'
But the old janitor was stern. lie
could not break the laws of the college.
At length, however, upon Jack's pusih
ing a lialf-crowi under the door, which
Peabody could -reach and appropriate,
the door was carefully opened. 'The
old fellow whispered to th student that
he should make no noise, and would
have pushed hin towards the stairway,
but Jack had forgotten somlothing.
"Stay, Good old friendi I believe I've
left a book on the window-ledge out
side. Will you slip out and get it for
ne?"
WVithout hesitation the old money
lover went out, and as he had reached
the step outside, Jack closed the door
upon him and locked it. The poor ja
nitor, half-dressed, was shivering in
the chill night air, and speaking as
loudly as lie dared, he asked the student
why he had locked him out. .No ans
were.
"Jack! Mr. Windhanl Will you let
me in? .I am freezing."
"Hol is that you, Peabody? Ahli you
-know what the law is. I would open
the door if I dared, but the law forbids."
"Oh, nonsensel I opened the door for
you."
".bid you?"
"Why, you know I did."
"Oh--ali-yesl I remember me; and
I gave you a half-crown. My dear
Peabody, present within mine optic
range the same quid pro quo that I did
givp to thee, and in thou comest."
With a groan, the shivering janitor
pushed the piece of silver under the
door again. and was quickly thereafter
admitted.
woies.
Ii Polk county, Nebraska, are many
wells which exhibit peculiar pheuonena of
intermittence. They vary from 100 to
140 in depth, and obb and (low irregularly.
The flaw is accompaumed by a roaring sound
like that of the sea, as though a distant
wave were coming in, and, at the same
tune, a current of air lasues out of the
mouth. The ebb is accompanied by a
draft of air downward. The period of
obb an'i flow does not. appear to depend
upon heat, or cold, up um the dampness or
dryness of the atmiosphiere, upon the sea
son of the year or upon thn time of day,
buit, sems to be In some way connected
with the directioni of the wind.
A correspondlant writes from Tlexas: I
heard of a well in Biurkville, Texas, in
which the empty bucket would descend
and its mate ascena with water, without
any known force~ being exertedl. Th'le well
and buckets are arranged as in common
here, with pulley, rope aud two buckets.
I denounced t.he story as untrue when told
to me, -but wrote to Judge M. D). [line.,
owner of the property on which the well
Is sit,uatedl, and received in reply the fol
lowing letter: "Yours of the 19th lust, to
hand and contents nioten. I have to reply
tbat-the well you inquire ab,out belongs to
me, that, some ten years since it comn
mneneced dnrawing waler: that Is the enmpty
b,ucket would go down and a n)ucket of watef
would come up an~d remain ait the telp of the
well without any known cause. It, has been
kept uip ever since at interva. There is
no regularit,y ab,out It; it will as o,ften draw
at any hour of t,he night as other tuics.
It has been known to drlaw three or four
t,Imes a day. There seems t,o bi e oldiier
ence In it as regards the weat,ber or the
seasons of t,he year. It has never been
kn')wn to dIraw up water when thire was
water an the top bucket. There is no
known caulse for tils strange occurrence.''
Hlow P'erfsume in ICitraotoi,
One of the heat, methods or obtainmog
p)erfmhnes Is by t,he use of grease. Tlhe
procese is called macoration. Tne best fat
employed is marrow, which is mielted ini a
water bath and strained, While it Is still
warm the flowers are thrownt in and !ett to
digest for several hours. Thiey are then
taken out andi fresh ones are placed in the
grease. This is continuedt for several days.
The grease and perfume are then separated
by the use of alcohol. Beef -marrow is
not the only substance used in extracting
the odors from th~e flowers. Inodorous
oils are as, used, especially refined olive
oil, which 1s more extensively ednployed
in t,he south of Elurope. The process used
for delicate plants, such as j isamine,
tuberose and eassa, which wilt not allow
the use of heat, is on the principle ol' ab
sorption. A layer of purdfled lard and
suon mixture is spread on the glass bottom
of a square wooden box, and upon this
freshly gathered flowers are spread every
morsing as long as the flower is an bloom.
The boxes afe kept shut and the grease
soon acquires a very strong odor. .In satu
rating o:t, mnatead of glass bottoms to the
boxes wire 6IIes are -used, ,upon which
cloths soaked izn oil are lati, and the boxes
or trames Are piled upon each other to
keep themi close. After the oil.moated
cloths are suttiolently chargedi with per.
fume, they are placed Ia a press tand. the
oil1is squeesed out.
TlE VERDICT
-OF
TH E PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST !
Ma. J. 0. BoA()-Dear B11 : I bought the urat
Davis Machine sold by you over live years ago for
my wife who has given it a on an fair trial. t.
am weil pleased with it. }!Ig neVer alve3 .:a
rouble, and Is as good as when first bought.
J. W. 1IJOK.
Wiusboro, S. C., Aprii 1893.
Mr. BoAo: You wish to know what I have to say
in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three
ears ago. I feel I cahi't say too much in its favor.
Iun<le abouit $80,00 within five months, at tines
running at no fast that the needle would get per
feet i" hot from fr6iion. I feel confiieni I could
not ave done the Fame work with as mucn ease
and sn well with aniy other machine. No time lost
in adju.tting attachments. Tie lightest running
init.hine I have ever treatelod. Brother James and
Wiilaans' familles are as lunch pleased with their
Davis Machines 'ought or you. I want no better
iachinae. As I salti before, I don't think too
mutich can he said for the Davis Machine.
Respo.t fulit,
ELI.EN bTEVENsON,
Fairfllil County, April, 1883.
Mi. BoAt : My iturltine gives iue perfect sails
faction. I find no fault with it. The attachnents
ae so simple. I wish for no bettor than the Davis
Vertical I'ced.
Respectfully.
Muts. It. MIm.LINU.
Fairlleld coututy, Apri', 1883.
Mit. ola: o I ,mnight a ti livis %crtio:il Feed
ew ug M inlie fro., you rour years agos. I am
elighte"I witi it. It never has g.veut me any
roinle, anil has never been the to.ust out of order.
It is as good as whei I first bought it. I can
e heerfully rcolunimn iI t.
lesiect fully,
MI u4. M. J. K{1nKt,AND.
Moitiloello, April 30, 188:.
ThIs 14 to certlry th:it I have been using a I) Ivs
Verie ii Feed Sewing Machine for over tw tye tIr,
purchiased of Mr. .1. 0. 110.1g. 1 haven't fonit I t
p-)ssessed of any fault-all tihe attachuents are s -
slin ple. It never -citses to worK, and is certainly
th" Ightest running in the nirket. I cotsider It
a first cla,s machine.
Very respect fully
MINNNt M. WII.LNUNIA\.
Oaklan 1, Fairlicl county, 8. U.
Mit ioAO: I am well pieaseu in every parreut
wilhi the Davis Machine nought of you. I taluk
a lirst-class macuine in every respect. You knew
you sold several machines of the same take to
dllerent inembers of our families, all of whom,
as far as I know, are well pleased with them.
itespectfully,
- Mlis. M. "II. M1o81.sy.
Fairfield county, April, 1 i.as.
This Isto certify we nave na in conita'tt use
the Davis Machine bought of you ab.ut tiree years
ago. As we take in work, and have made the
price of it several t ines over, we don't walit a'ay
better inachine. It Is always ready to (10 any kind
of work we have to do. No puekerlugor skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well please,
ant wish no better iaachine.
CATHERINE WVYLme AND SIsTER.
April 25, si-8,
I have no fault to flnd with my ich'ne, and
don't. wait any better. I have ifl te the pice of
it severa. timnes ny taking In sewing. It is always
ready to do ita work. I think it a dtram-class ma
chine. I feel I cant say too much for tile DAvis
Verlical Feed Machine.
MRS. THoMAs tMIru.
Falirtloll county, April, 1893.
lit. J. 0. IloAa-i)ear Mir i It gives tire t'ach
lalesmre to testify to the inerits of tile Davis Ver
tlea Feed Be wing Machine. 'I'1o na.hine I got of
you atut live years ago. has bcen almost in con
siant use ever sInce that lima. I cannot see t,hat
illis wornl any, aiid hits not% cos t me one cetit for
repairs sinen we have had It. Am well please:l
sill don't wish for anmy better.
Yours truly,
14oeT. CR6tWFORD,)
(fraunte Qt'arry, near Winnaboro 8. (I.
We have usedl the D)avia Vertical Feelt Sewing
Machine for the last five years. We would not
have anly othier make at aly price. 'The machine
htas given us unboundeu satisfaction.
Very respectfully,
Mlits. W. K. TeUusNElANSD DAUenslTs
Fair flel i cou::t;, S. C'., Jati. 2, 1I93.
liavmng lioughat a Dhavis Vertical Feed hewing
Machlieo from Mr. J1. O, 1hag sonme three years
ago, andi It having given me perfoct satisfaction in
every respect as a sanmiy liachino. both for hea -
nnd lighlt sin lg, anda never nteedeod te least re
pair in anly wvay. I can citeerfully reco.nmnd, h. to
any one as a lirat-class machtine- in every particu
lar, and think it secondl to none. It is one of the
sinipiust mlacines aade; miy chil.iroit use It wit:i
ali tse. To attachiments are more easIly ad
justedi attd it doo)0 a greater ramnge of work by
mieans of its Vertical t?eed than anty oIlier isa
cline I have nyeri scotn or used.
Mas. TiioiAs OwiNes.
Winnaboro, iarileidi county, 8. 1'.
WVe have had onte of the Davli Maclines sbout
fouar years and hlave always found It ready to do alt
khnds of work we have hail occaston to do. Can'4
see that thte nachine is worn any, and works as
well as when new.
Mlus. Wi. J. CHAwF'oRD,
Jackson's Creek, Fairflid county, S. C.'
My wife is higliy laleasetd with the Davis Ms
chine bought o. you. She wouid not take double
wnt site gave for it. The macline has not
been otut of order since she had it, and she can do
any kind of work ota it.
Very Rfespectfully,
J A8. F. FRE E.
Moniticello, Fairfield cotrnty, 8. 0.
TPhe DavIs .Sewlng Machine lsaalmply a Wreas
US-e Mae. J. A. GioODwrzN.
IRidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1068.
J, 0 BoAa, E-sq., Agent--Dear Sir: Mly wife
has ineon using a Davis Sewing Maohine constant
ly for the past four years, an' t i as never nesed
any repairs an a works just as well as when first
b.iught. Site says It wvIl ldo a greater range of
practlial work Pnd do at easier and better than
any anachine site nas ever used. We .cheerfully
recommend it as a No. I family machine,
Your tru.y, Js .Dvg
Wlnnab>ro. 8. 0., Jan. 3, 1883.
Ma. BOAG : I have alw a found nm .Davis Masa
ehine rey do all kinds oft work I hste had o0
easion to o. I o.annol, see that the machino is
worn a particle and it works aswi swhei0 new.,
Winsbro 1. ., Mas. R . NGoDs.
Winnbor, 5.O.,AprIl, 188,
MR. $0AGh M wife has been consatl us
the Davis Macbn bougbtfou aboutgv yW
SE0. IlA Iver. teIA 1 1,
aI I 6 200
g? 01*